Involvement of Security Officers in Intertribal War in Mimika District, Papua

Mimika Regency is where the Freeport Indonesia Limited Liability Company operates, so all ethnic groups in Indonesia and even other countries work there. Then the indigenous tribes that inhabit in Mimika Regency are two major tribes, namely the Amungme and Kamoro tribes, and five other related tribes, namely the Moni tribe, Damal tribe, Dani tribe, Mee/Ekari tribe and Nduga tribe. Therefore, it is these seven tribes who inhabit Mimika Regency. Even though Mimika Regency was only divided 19 years ago, due to the presence of the Freeport Indonesia Limited Liability Company, various tribes from all over Indonesia came with the aim of looking for work, this is where inter-tribal wars began and were prolonged. In 1997 was the beginning of the emergence of tribal wars, previously rare tribal wars occurred in Mimika Regency. The tribal war, together with the management of one percent (1%) of funds sourced from the Freeport Indonesia Limited Liability Company. However, every inter-tribal war that often occurs in Mimika Regency can be utilized properly by certain parties or strong people in Mimika Regency to fulfill personal and group interests. The purpose of this research is to understand the process of inter-tribal war and conflict resolution in Mimika Regency. While the research procedures in this study are research methods, research focus, research subjects, data sources, time and place of research, data collection techniques, data analysis techniques, and data validity checking techniques. The stronger the parties who take advantage of existing conflicts to fulfill personal and group interests, both for political and economic interests, the greater and longer the conflict between ethnic groups. This condition can occur if: (1) In the implementation of the Regional Head General Election, the candidate conducts money politics on each of the warring factions, (2) the security forces, regional governments, and international foreign companies only assist one of the warring factions, and (3) There are security personnel who prefer tribal wars because they can get more security money from the local government.